Feneryolu Recai Yahya Mosque

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Construction Year:

1945

Location:

Kadıköy, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Zeynep Güzide Belerman (Wife of Recai Bey, Director of the School of Political Science)

Architects:

Vasfi Egeli (Chief Architect of Istanbul Foundations)

- Changes after its construction
  • It was completed in 1945 and opened for worship in 1946.
  • It was expanded in 1977.
  • It was restored in 2015.
- Prominent features
  • It is a building with a single minaret and a single balcony.
  • There is a fountain in the garden.
  • It has a square plan and a hipped roof.
  • The walls are made of masonry, the roof is wooden and tiled.
  • The mihrab is made of plaster, the minbar and the pulpit are made of wood.
  • The windows are arched and decorated with stained glass.
  • There is a women gallery on the upper floor.
  • The muezzin gallery is made of wood.
  • The entrance to the mosque is provided from the narthex.
  • Its interior decoration includes panels and ornaments written in calligraphy.
  • It is located opposite Marmaray Feneryolu Station.